Her first album ‘Mila mou apla’ (‘ Just speak to me’) was a collaboration with new singers Manolis Lidakis and Melina Tanagri, based on songs composed by Taki Bougas with lyrics from Antonis Andrikaki. With every following album, Dimou’s popularity increased, thanks to her modern, natural and flexible interpretations, combining the more traditional Greek roots with western pop style.
In 1986 she collaborated with Lakis Papadopoulos on her album ‘Kata bathos alepou’ (‘Basically fox’). With her by that time already highly acclaimed husky, sultry voice she sang both ballads and pop-rock songs. In this periode of time, she collaborated with famous artists like Georgios Dalaras and Mikis Theodorakis.
Her 1988 album ‘Prosopika’ (‘Personal’), recorded with G. Spanos, was both artistically as commercially a great success. In the next decade Dimou keeps releasing new albums regularly, always combining Greek folk music with western arrangements and world music influences. In 1990 she released the album ‘Pathis’ (‘Passions’), on which she chanted byzantine hymns on a requiem by D. Papostolou.
In the second half of the nineties, popularity and album sales decreased. A new generation of Greek pop singers seemed to have taken her place. Dimou seemed to be stuck between Greek folk and modern pop, unable to rejuvenate herself. Around the start of the new millennium, inspiration and creativity seemed to have returned, resulting in more frequent album releases and collaborations with international artists like Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, The Christians, Gipsy Kings and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
In her almost thirty year spanning career, Eleni Dimou recorded more than 20 albums, nine went gold and three platinum in Greece. She is married to producer and engineer Akis Golfidis and the couple have a son named Anthony.
Petra
Eleni Dimou Lyrics
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Στα βασικά είναι σχεδόν αντίγραφό σου
Είναι περίεργα ψυχρή που με τρομάζει
Και μου θυμίζει από γωνία το πρόσωπό σου
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είν' η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
Είναι που εσύ τόσο πολύ στην πέτρα μοιάζεισ και σ' αγκαλιάζω
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είναι η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
Αυτή η πολύχρωμη η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει
Κρατάει βαθιά όλα όσα ήθελα να ζήσω
Ν' ακούσ τον πόθο μου που χρόνια σε χαράζει
Με τη φωτιά μέσα σου θέλω να ξυπνήσω
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είν' η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
Είναι που εσύ τόσο πολύ στην πέτρα μοιάζεισ και σ' αγκαλιάζω
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είναι η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
These lyrics are from the song "PETRA" by Eleni Dimou. The song seems to be about a person who is deeply captivated by someone who resembles a colorful stone. The stone, in its basic nature, is almost like a copy of this person. It is strangely cold, which scares the singer, but it also reminds them of the person's face from a certain angle. However, despite the fear that the stone brings, the singer doesn't care because it is not the stone itself that they are scared of, but rather the fact that it resembles the person they love and embrace.
The colorful stone holds within it everything that the singer wanted to experience deeply. The desire and longing of the singer etches into the stone over the years. The singer wants to wake up with the fire inside the person, to feel their passion and intensity. Again, even though the stone scares them, the singer doesn't care because it is not the stone itself that they fear, but the fact that it resembles the person they hold so close and dear.
Line by Line Meaning
Αυτή η πολύχρωμη η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει
This colorful stone that resembles you
Στα βασικά είναι σχεδόν αντίγραφό σου
Fundamentally, it is almost your replica
Είναι περίεργα ψυχρή που με τρομάζει
It is strangely cold and it frightens me
Και μου θυμίζει από γωνία το πρόσωπό σου
And it reminds me of your face from a corner
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είν' η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
But I don't care, it's not the stone that resembles you that frightens me
Είναι που εσύ τόσο πολύ στην πέτρα μοιάζεις και σ' αγκαλιάζω
It's because you resemble the stone so much that I embrace you
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είναι η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
But I don't care, it's not the stone that resembles you that frightens me
Αυτή η πολύχρωμη η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει
This colorful stone that resembles you
Κρατάει βαθιά όλα όσα ήθελα να ζήσω
It holds deeply everything I wanted to experience
Ν' ακούσ τον πόθο μου που χρόνια σε χαράζει
To hear my desire that has been etching you for years
Με τη φωτιά μέσα σου θέλω να ξυπνήσω
I want to wake up with the fire inside you
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είν' η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
But I don't care, it's not the stone that resembles you that frightens me
Είναι που εσύ τόσο πολύ στην πέτρα μοιάζεις και σ' αγκαλιάζω
It's because you resemble the stone so much that I embrace you
Μα δε με νοιάζει δεν είναι η πέτρα που σου μοιάζει και τρομάζω
But I don't care, it's not the stone that resembles you that frightens me
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